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Excitons, Polaritons, and Their Condensates in 2D materials

Speaker:

Allan H. MacDonald (University of Texas at Austin, USA)

Date:

Thu, 22/10/2015 - 11:00am to 12:00pm

Location:

S11-02-07 (Physics Conference Room)

Host:

CA2DM

Event Type:

Seminars

Abstract

2D materials are interesting in part because they can be arranged at will within the three-dimensional world in which we live. I will discuss the possibility of realizing new electrical and electro-optical properties based on the properties of multi-layers formed from two-dimensional semiconductors and two-dimensional insulators. I will focus mainly on the case of spatially indirect exciton condensates, but comment briefly on coupling between two-dimensional excitons and two-dimensional photons defined by vertical cavities.